A plane that was $1 billion over budget and 18 months behind...

[DWCAce 19]

Nope, not the F-35...

 

 

http://flightaware.com/news/ap/High-court-wary-of-legal-fight-over-Navy-plane/3546

 

[JediMaster 451]

When you look at that and you look at other planes that were NOT cancelled, it certainly smells weird. Of course, with the claim of state secrets preventing the release of other reasons, we'll never know. However, considering they didn't even have a plane flying yet it certainly never seemed like it had the chance, just that it was cancelled because in a post-Cold War era the price seemed too high just for the USN to get stealth.